...“In defense of the Obama administration, every single time we went to the president and asked for something more, we eventually got it, though we often had to jump through a lot of hoops,” said Andrew Exum, a former Army Ranger who held a senior position at the Defense Department under Mr. Obama. “The episode that took the cake was toward the end of the administration, when we literally had cabinet secretaries debating the movement of three helicopters from Iraq to Syria.”...

We've had way too much micromanagement from the top of decisions that should be made in the field since at least Vietnam. Much was made in some quarters about the apparent fact that Trump did not actively monitor the Yemen raid. I'm quite certain those who conducted the operation much preferred it that way. After all, exactly WTF could Trump have done that would have been useful? Same for Obama on the raid to get bin Laden, for example?

We've had way too much micromanagement from the top of decisions that should be made in the field since at least Vietnam. Much was made in some quarters about the apparent fact that Trump did not actively monitor the Yemen raid. I'm quite certain those who conducted the operation much preferred it that way. After all, exactly WTF could Trump have done that would have been useful? Same for Obama on the raid to get bin Laden, for example?

or Bush invading Irag b/c of daddy....all the way back to Truman and S. Korea....

I understand the economic strategy back in Truman's day....but that day is long gone....we have 'em all by the balls as long as the USD reigns gold....

today, there are betterbest methods to continue to hold the throne....